UFC officials have not formally announced the bout, which takes place Dec. 10 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

The night’s main
card airs live on pay-per-view, though Hallman vs. Makdessi likely will be part of the preliminary card.

Hallman simply is lucky to get another UFC fight. This past month at UFC 133, he incensed UFC president Dana White by wearing a tiny pair of fight shorts in an eventual TKO loss to Brian Ebersole. During a scramble, Hallman’s shorts shifted and briefly exposed the family jewels to a pay-per-view audience. White, who was upset that UFC employees allowed Hallman to enter the cage in such attire, subsequently banned short shorts from the cage.

Hallman’s loss followed a nine-month layoff that resulted from a knee injury. Prior, the longtime UFC fighter had won six of seven fights, which included a pair of Strikeforce wins and UFC victories over Karo Parisyan and Ben Saunders.

Makdessi, who fights on his home soil for the third time in three UFC fights, looks to keep his perfect record intact. After dominating the Canadian fight scene, he joined the UFC in 2010 and has scored a decision victory over Pat Audinwood and a vicious and highlight-reel spinning-back-fist knockout of Kyle Watson. Makdessi then was slated to fight Paul Taylor at UFC on Versus 5 but pulled out of the August fight due to injury.

For more on UFC 140, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
(Pictured: Dennis Hallman)

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